8. We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did – and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
9. We should not test Christ, as some of them did – and were killed by snakes.
10. And do not grumble, as some of them did – and were killed by the destroying angel.
11. These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
12. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
13. No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
14. Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.